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GDPR enforcement against Big Tech is paralysed by Ireland’s failure to resolve 98% of 164 significant data protection complaints (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 years ago by danie10@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Twitter all have their European headquarters in Dublin, making Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner the lead EU regulator responsible for holding them to the law.

But the Irish DPC has been repeatedly criticized, both by privacy campaigners and by other EU regulators, for failing to take action.

Is it because they rely on the massive income from Big Tech....

See https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/ireland-fails-to-enforce-eu-law-against-big-tech

#technology #BigTech #Ireland

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[–] Helix@feddit.de 0 points 3 years ago

Ireland doesn't "fail", that'd imply they actually tried.